President Park Geun-hye’s English proficiency in her address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress Wednesday in Washington is getting positive responses on the Internet.

Web users posted a flurry of messages on microblogs that Park’s English was deliberate and that her choice of words were appropriate for use in a formal setting. 

“President Park mainly used short sentences to make her speech easily understood. Although some parts of the speech seemed quite awkward, I think she had a nice flow overall,” wrote one Twitter user.

Park’s speech at the Capitol took place one year and six months after that of her predecessor Lee Myung-bak. It is the first time since 1945 for two consecutive presidents to speak at the U.S. Congress.

By Park Sui, Intern reporter
(suipark@heraldcorp.com)